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DULAC, Edmund (Illustrator).

The Rubàiyàt of Omar Khayyàm.

The Rubàiyàt of Omar Khayyàm.

Rendered into English Verse by Edward FitzGerald.

Stock Code 110420

London, London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1907].

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The poem presents an interesting challenge to any reader trying to sort through its profound symbolism and not-so-obvious theme, and gained recognition over the course of the nineteenth century as a growing 'cult of the Rubáiyát' found expression in 'the Omar Khayyám Clubs of England and America' (Yohannan, p. 202).

Limited edition, number 387 of 750 copies signed by the artist; large 4to (320 x 260 mm); 20 colour plates, each with a titled paper-guard, some minor, peripheral age-toning and browning, more so to preliminary leaves and untrimmed (as published) fore-edges, otherwise very good; publisher's decorative vellum, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, neat contemporary ink ownership to upper secondary blank endpaper, replaced silk ties, darkening to patterned endpapers, slight darkening to spine, very mild dust-soling and slight bowing to boards (as usual), otherwise a very good copy of this beautiful edition; loosely inserted is a contemporary 'Notice' for an exhibition of 'the originals of Mr. Edmund Dulac's illustrated works', at the Leicester Galleries, printed in red.

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